12/3/2024 5:42:49 PM Explore our Tech Legal Outlook 2025 By Clare Murray Elaine Choo We are pleased to launch our Tech Legal Outlook 2025 which explores key global trends and legal developments in the tech sector. 2025...
4/1/2025 4:13:12 PM Sensitive technologies: The Netherlands proposes an expansion of its investment screening regime By Lodewick Prompers Tom Reker The Dutch government has published a draft decree to expand the scope of its existing investment screening regime, to address additional...
3/31/2025 8:41:05 PM UK operational resilience regime starts to bite By Simon Treacy Financial services firms in the UK face more regulatory risk in the wake of operational incidents. Now that the UK’s operational...
3/27/2025 2:18:49 PM Game changer: EU introduces consumer protection guidance for in-game virtual currencies By Laetitia Nicolazzi Gert-Jan Hendrix Harry Slachmuylders Jennifer Calver +1 more... Show less As discussed in our Legal Outlook 2025, the topic of in-game currencies is under the spotlight from consumer groups and EU authorities...
3/25/2025 5:36:24 PM Payments firms prepare for new EU accessibility standards By Harry Eddis Olivia Murphy Andreas Van Impe Simon Treacy +1 more... Show less Payments tends to be a volumes business and so payment service providers strive to make their services widely accessible within their...
3/25/2025 10:23:39 AM Understanding Agentic AI: The power of autonomy By Joshua Klayman Toby Irenshtain Artificial Intelligence has been making waves for some time now, and its applications are becoming more sophisticated by the day. One of...
3/18/2025 11:50:03 AM FCA rejection of crypto firm application shows importance of effective risk assessments By James Morris Duncan Campbell Simon Treacy In a relatively rare crypto-related decision notice, the Financial Conduct Authority has chosen not to register a cryptoasset exchange...
3/17/2025 8:30:58 AM More support for overseas firms, crypto and start-ups: FCA pledges to support growth under UK Action Plan By Peter Bevan Simon Treacy The UK Government has released a cross-sectoral Action Plan for regulation. Building on the Chancellor’s Mansion House speech, the plan...
3/13/2025 5:34:32 PM Online sales under the spotlight – CMA sets out consumer compliance and enforcement outlook By Kim Rust Chris Chan Ahead of the consumer protection provisions in the Digital Markets Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCC) coming into force on 6...
3/13/2025 4:48:39 PM Asia Fintech and Payments regulatory update: March 2025 By Peiying Chua Alex Roberts Gabriella Savastano Welcome to the Linklaters Asia Fintech and Payments regulatory update for March 2025 – a horizon scan where we flag key updates for...
3/13/2025 11:45:21 AM UK & EU Fintech and Payments regulation update – March 2025 By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Simon Treacy Frances Hodgkins Arjun Lakhani Olivia Murphy +3 more... Show less In this monthly update, we summarise the latest legal and regulatory developments for firms in the Fintech and Payments sector. We also...
3/12/2025 5:30:40 PM Powering data centres – from atoms to bytes By Maryam Adamji As AI propels the rising power demands of data centres, the article delves into nuclear energy as a promising solution for reliable and...
3/12/2025 1:15:19 PM Spain proposes a new AI bill, including significant fines By Ceyhun Pehlivan Elena Valín Yesterday, the Spanish government announced a proposed bill designed to harmonise Spain's legal framework with the EU’s AI Act. This bill...
3/7/2025 11:21:47 AM Subcontracting rule changes agreed, clearing path towards finalised DORA rulebook By Raza Naeem James Morris Simon Treacy Even though the Digital Operational Resilience Act started to apply in January, some parts of the DORA regulatory framework have not yet...
3/7/2025 9:48:00 AM China: mandatory data protection compliance audit to go live on 1 May 2025 By Alex Roberts Tiantian Ke Ruoyi Lu On 14 February 2025, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) published the final Measures for the Personal Information Protection...
3/6/2025 5:16:28 PM How the SFC plans to shape Hong Kong’s virtual asset ecosystem By Carl Fernandes Kishore Bhindi Clara Hackney Natalie Lam +1 more... Show less The SFC has recently published a "A-S-P-I-Re" roadmap which sets out the regulator’s intended direction of travel for the regulation of...
3/6/2025 3:31:05 PM 19 March "meet the regulators": Linklaters London conference on AI in financial services and other key 2025 topics in financial regulation By Karen Cooper Victoria Hickman Simon Treacy Come and join us for a half-day spring outlook conference (register here) on 19 March in our Linklaters London Office. One of four...